Funding
$5.5 billion will expand care for thousands of kids in California, but it may not be enough
As presidential candidates propose investment in child care and paid leave on a national scale, California’s success or failure could act as a bellwether.
When the children leave: What’s left after a mass exodus of young people from Puerto Rico?
Hundreds of vacant schools span the island; residents are trying to take those buildings and remake them into community spaces
Preschool for children with disabilities works, but federal funding for it is plummeting
Special education programs for preschoolers with disabilities are required by law. But as the number of students needing services has doubled, funding per child has decreased 40% in two decades
COLUMN: Can teachers live where they work?
In many parts of the country, the answer is, not till they start earning more
Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?
For-profit companies want to fix the country’s child care system by helping low-wage child care workers better run their small businesses
When school districts can’t raise funds for facilities
In states where schools have to raise most of the money for buildings on their own, sharp inequities exist between districts with a strong tax base and those without
School districts are going into debt to keep up with technology
In Silicon Valley, cash-strapped schools are selling bonds to buy student laptops
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When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out
Students and communities often pay the price
Short on financial knowledge, some school districts get bad deals on bonds
Districts can fall prey to financial firms that put their own interests first
How rising teacher pension costs hurt school districts
States try to rescue their pension systems from bankruptcy, leaving less money for classrooms and teacher pay